it’s already happening .
biden was officially named president-elect yesterday.
i think trump exhausted all of his avenues to keep the presidency.
The Presidency of the United States is an office not a person. The person who fills that official roll deserves the respect of that office.
I totally agree with what you say millie210. But what if the office of the Presidency is occupied by a clown who insists on behaving like a clown...what then?
To answer my own question...I guess you vote the said clown who has the attention span of a fruit fly out of office!
it’s already happening .
biden was officially named president-elect yesterday.
i think trump exhausted all of his avenues to keep the presidency.
He's just like the rest of us now.
He caught Covid, lost his job and now will be evicted from his house.
GrreatTeacher...that was spot-on!
Funny how Donny Trump claimed all media talk about covid19 was going to come to an end after the election. The pandemic is still a front and center topic & will be through much of 2021.
What a meat-head!
i predict that in a year kingdumb halls will be replaced by zoom.
they will still have assembly halls but will charge a heavy entry fee.
baptisms will continue to be so low that would not be worth counting.
WTWizard: With this Zoom, there goes the hope for a boasting session to be cancelled for snow.
Yes...but a hale of a lot more probability of rank & file listening on zoom with their glass of 'Hot Totty' out of site of the camera!🤣
Nothing like being high on the Lord to get a JW through a zoom meeting!
i cannot seem to find any information on which elder/s are assigned to do a shepherding visit on a congregation member.
does one of them have to be the member's field group leader?
can any elders do a shepherding visit at a member's request?
I'll speak to you donnye from recent personal experience on this topic.
For the past 6 months to a year I've had numerous attempts made by various elders for a 'shepherding call' on myself. I've successfully thwarted each attempt by respectfully telling these meatheads that I'm doing great & am way too busy for their fuss!
I obviously know for a fact that their main reason for calling on myself is to put me on some sort of guilt-trip. The last thing they wanted to hear were such upbeat, cherry and optimistic replies such as I've been giving them.
The absolute last thing they want to hear is that a nearly inactive, very low hour publisher who rarely attends meetings (zoom & otherwise) and who shows very little interest in being in this religion is doing awesome independent of this cult.
Hope that helps!
a recent post by atlantis/ petra was about destroying old books, some of which had been studied and placed over the years.. is witnessing these days only about directing people to jworg, are there books that are placed, or is hq concerned enough about having ever-changing beliefs in print that they avoid it?.
Are any books being placed anymore?
For the most part...No!
Jehovah's Witnesses don't know how to carry on a conversation about the Bible. JWs don't know how to defend their faith either. They've also in the past been very unproductive in placing WT books & magazines. So what does the WT leadership have the rank & file JW do? This image illustrates all what 8 million JW publishers are good for:
i was reading in the shepherding book that elders should “ cultivate and maintain friendships with one another.”, and thought to myself “bulls$it!” i remember that most of the elders in my old congregation were nothing but nasty asses.
i know it may vary from congregation to congregation, but do elders generally get along with each other behind closed doors in elders meetings?
or, are they often in conflict with each other?
Mickbobcat: I have seen elders move to other congregations because they did not get along with other elders.
I'll say Amen to that!
Many of the elders & their families who moved into our congregation moved-in cause they were unhappy with their previous congregation's BOEs & many of the elders who moved out ...left cause they had issues with our elder body. Most congregations have belly-aching elders among the body.
In the many decades of my being a JW...grievances among the BOEs in our circuit's congregations was a known fact. Personality clashes among men is as bad as personality clashes among the women.
whilst i have never quite understood whether petra and atlantis are one or multiple entities i recognise the value of their work and web of contacts.
i think it is fair to say that no-one has consistently contributed more solid gold intelligence to this site.
no one has reliably passed on more bomb shells and solid news as well as day to day minutiae.
I too am not sure what the hale is going on! But please rest assured Atlantis, Petra & Company a ton of your supporters on this forum have got your back!
i thought i would post an encouraging experience i found today.
i've been seeing a lot of 70-80 year old jws waking up, and their children are posting their experience on reddit.
these are old elders, pioneers, circuit overseers who have given their everything and finally at the end of their life, are walking away.. maybe the key to waking up is that a person has to have a deep sense of right and wrong.
Truth be told...there are a ton of stories like this one playing out inside many of the 120,000 congregations worldwide. I know of an old chap...he's in his late 70s & his wife is in her mid to late 70s. He especially was once a pillar in this cult. His wife has always been well liked...sort of like the Dorcas personality type in the Bible. These two of recent have woken up to all the bullshit in this organization & it's driving many in their circle of zealous JW family & friends crazy.
When once highly respected JWs like this couple start to silently demonstrate their disgust for this organization there's not much the local body of elders & circuit overseers can do but sit & watch the 'Truth' unravel right before their own eyes.
2020--articles of association and bylaws--3 pages.. .
2020--notice of special meeting in december--8 pages.
if you are a jw read carefully before you sign.. .
To Atlantis & Petra:
There has been an apparent misunderstanding. Please be assured of the fact that your WT related input, links and attachments are always a welcomed sight.
The old expression comes to mind: 'You don't appreciate something until you lose it!'
This forum has lost many a valuable contributor over the past months & years. This forum can't afford to and certainly doesn't want to lose y'all & what y'all contribute!
